Toptal is a marketplace for top financial consultants. Top companies and start-ups hire financial consultants from Toptal for their mission critical projects.
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Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA
Financial Consultant
Aleksey has contributed to 25+ private equity deals that have deployed $500 million. He has advised 50+ clients on raising $1.6 billion in equity in the hea...lthcare, consumer, media, software, energy, and industrial sectors. He enjoys working with officers of early stage and mature small-cap firms. He freelances because it exposes him to a wide range of companies.
George Shapovalov, CFA
Financial Consultant
George, a former Citibank banker, has 16 years of experience executing $2+ billion in debt, equity, and M&A transactions for public and private companies ac...ross a variety of industries. He's an independent consultant who helps clients with corporate finance, capital raising, and M&A for growth as well as turnarounds. George enjoys both advising C-level executives of public companies and smaller private businesses to help them achieve their goals.
Patrick E. Donohue
Financial Consultant
In his 17 years of finance experience, Patrick has been an investor, board member, executive, banker, and entrepreneur (co-founded five businesses in financ...e, healthcare, and natural resource development). He joined Toptal to provide executive-level expertise between two board commitments. Patrick is highly visible in the business community and excels at using his network to provide executives with access to capital, clients, and partners.
Philip Bonardelli
Financial Consultant
Philip is an experienced financial consultant with keen quantitative and analytical skills. At BellSouth Peru, he developed the first strategic plan with sc...orecard indicators and implemented the first instance of competitive fixed telephony. At The News Group, he set up a deal governance process, bringing together the sales and finance organizations to present and approve profitable deals while the company doubled in sales to $1 billion.
Gregory P. Garner
Financial Consultant
Greg has helped several private companies raise equity funds of $75+ million, obtained approval for an additional $230 million, and formed a joint venture w...ith $300+ million in recurring revenues. With decades of experience in building teams, conducting valuation analysis, and in communicating with C-level executives and investors/partners, he now freelances to help companies properly position themselves for funding and operations expansion.
Mauro F. Romaldini, ACMA CGMA
Financial Consultant
Mauro has helped more than ten privately owned companies raise $150+ million in debt bonds in the international market and improved their financial manageme...nt—including cash management and forecasting. He has created, managed, and improved the financial processes and forecasts for startups, mid-size companies, and large corporations (HP). He freelances to support companies' efforts to improve their finances and to scale.
Ryan Downie
Financial Consultant
Ryan left the hedge fund equity research world to become a startup consultant. Since then, he has helped clients raise more than $10 million in early-stage... capital. He loves the flexibility provided by consulting and the opportunities to help numerous promising young businesses. Ryan primarily reports to CFOs and startup founders as a consultant, having worked with executive management for large enterprises earlier in his career.
Ian McComiskie
Financial Consultant
Ian is a financial consultant who primarily focuses on helping startups and small and medium-sized enterprises with source funding, write business plans, bu...ild out robust financial models, market research, and valuation analysis. He's worked with many international companies across the US, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. Ian enjoys working as a freelancer as it offers the freedom to choose his projects and also travel in South America.
Solon Molho
Financial Consultant
Solon has been consistently highly rated in Reuters-Extel surveys as a sell-side equity analyst. In recent years, Greece's economic situation has spurred hi...m to take his career international. As a freelancer, he serves a wide variety of clients from around the world, including the European Commission and the Economist's Intelligence Unit. His main focus is financial analysis and valuation work.
Pablo A. Macias
Financial Consultant
A Harvard graduate, Pablo has developed financial models that resulted in the launch of four new digital and software business lines at Flex. He's also crea...ted M&A models for acquisitions in multiple industries: spanning financial services, industrials, and tech. Originally from Spain, Pablo moved to Silicon Valley to help develop growth strategies through M&A and new ventures, and he joined Toptal to help clients with their growth initiatives.
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